In Pictures: A History of the Boeing 777 Family

Our data tells us that today’s active Boeing 777 fleet will need $684.9 million worth of heavy maintenance visits and C checks in a 36-month period ending in September 2015. The potential for a MRO capacity crunch is the focus of our market analysis in the MRO edition of next week's Aviation Week & Space Technology.

The tablet edition includes an interactive graphic that looks at the history of the 777 family. Click the graphic above to see it.

The pioneer years of aviation included both successful and misguided efforts to make the number of safe landings approximate to the number of takeoffs. Here are some notable examples on both sides of that record.